Gov. Phil Bryant and Tim Bennett shake hands at the ground breaking ceremony for MGM Park, the Biloxi minor league baseball stadium, in January 2014. The City of Biloxi is now suing Bennett over its share of ticket sales from the Conference USA Baseball Tournament games at MGM Park in May. Tim Isbellttisbell@sunherald.com

Gov. Phil Bryant and Tim Bennett shake hands at the ground breaking ceremony for MGM Park, the Biloxi minor league baseball stadium, in January 2014. The City of Biloxi is now suing Bennett over its share of ticket sales from the Conference USA Baseball Tournament games at MGM Park in May. Tim Isbellttisbell@sunherald.com

Bennett in May filed a lawsuit alleging the Biloxi Shuckers, Biloxi Baseball LLC, and managing member Ken Young owed him money and had denied him access to the stadium. Holleman said the complaint is set for mediation.

The city’s latest lawsuit says a total of 21,627 tickets were sold to the C-USA games.

Overtime agreed to pay the city $2.50 per ticket for the first 15,344 tickets sold, and $1 per each additional ticket, with the city to receive its share no later than five business days after each game. A surcharge was added for payments made late, the document says.

The complaint includes a June 20 email from Tim Bennett, owner of Overtime and co-owner of the Shuckers, to the city, admitting he owed the money. The email says Overtime was owed its share of concession sales and Spectra Food Services had not made its payment.

Bennett has been credited with helping to bring minor league baseball to Biloxi.

He had held a press conference before the C-USA games, announcing a portion of ticket sales would benefit local charities. A few days before that June 20 email, Bennett gave about $18,000 to about a dozen charitable groups.

A summons issued by the Harrison County Circuit Clerk’s Office on Wednesday gives Overtime 30 days to respond to the lawsuit from the date the lawsuit is delivered.